Four Naugatuck convenience stores face fines after being caught selling cigarettes to minors during unannounced compliance checks.
In a press release, the Naugatuck Police Department said the four violating locations were the Mobil station at 469 Rubber Ave., Cumberland Farms at 69 Rubber Ave., Family Market at 129 Rubber Ave. and Sid Mart at 73 Bridge St.
The police department worked in cooperation with a state agency, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. The agencies dispatched underage youth informants employed by the Tobacco Prevention and Enforcement Program to purchase the tobacco products.
The youths entered each business and made attempts to purchase the products as a way to test whether the clerks would card them or attempt to verify whether they were underrage.
Police conducted checks on 16 businesses. The four that failed the compliance check were cited for a sale of tobacco to minors under 18. The offending clerks were fined $200.
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